Before they used their money to build penis shaped rockets and penis compensating yachts, it seemed like the go-to splurge for billionaires was to buy their own islands. But in his Menippean satirical novel Settlers Landing (hardcover, paperback), writer Travis Jeppesen has his money maker going one step further by turning his billionaire boys club island into its own nation state. In the following email interview, Jeppesen discusses what inspired and influenced this novel, and no, true believers, it does include a certain acronym-loving Marvel bad guy.
